Client Partner | Public & Social Impact

Slalom; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Paid holidays

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Fertility assistance

Job summary

Slalom Build in Ohio Valley is seeking a Client Partner at the Director level to grow our Public & Social Impact business across the Ohio Valley, focusing on state and local government and education clients.

You will drive growth through business development, account leadership, and delivery oversight, shaping strategy and building trusted relationships with senior government and education leaders in Ohio.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant Public Sector experience, either within state/local government or education, or within a consulting organization serving these clients.

Responsibilities

• Build and grow a sustainable portfolio of Public Sector business, with accountability for revenue, pipeline, profitability, and utilization goals.
• Develop trusted relationships across state agencies, local government entities, and education organizations, establishing Slalom as a strategic business and technology partner.
• Identify and originate new opportunities while expanding existing accounts through a deep understanding of client needs, priorities, and challenges.
• Own and manage the full lifecycle of the consulting sales process, including account planning, opportunity identification, qualification, solution development, SOW creation, and RFP responses.
• Partner with clients to influence strategic direction and identify opportunities where Slalom can help advance modernization, digital transformation, data and AI, technology, organizational effectiveness, and business transformation initiatives.
• Provide oversight and governance across sold and managed engagements, maintaining accountability for project quality, delivery outcomes, staffing, and overall account health.
• Collaborate across Slalom capabilities and teams to bring integrated solutions to Public Sector clients.
• Maintain awareness of evolving Public Sector priorities, trends, procurement environments, and industry best practices.
• Provide thought leadership and help shape Slalom's Public & Social Impact strategy, offerings, and go-to-market approach across the Ohio Valley.

Skills

Public Sector experience

Account leadership

Business development

Delivery oversight

Executive communication

Job description

At Slalom, personal connection meets global scale. Our vision is to enable a world in which everyone loves their work and life. We help organizations of all kinds redefine what's possible, give shape to the future, and get there.

Slalom Ohio Valley is seeking a Client Partner to grow our Public & Social Impact business across the Ohio Valley, with a particular focus on state and local government and education clients. This opportunity is targeted at the Director level.

This individual will drive the growth of our Public & Social Impact portfolio through a combination of business development, account leadership, delivery oversight, and industry thought leadership. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic leader with a track record of building trusted client relationships, developing new business, expanding strategic accounts, and bringing meaningful solutions to public sector organizations.

What You'll Do

• Build and grow a sustainable portfolio of Public Sector business, with accountability for revenue, pipeline, profitability, and utilization goals.
• Develop trusted relationships across state agencies, local government entities, and education organizations, establishing Slalom as a strategic business and technology partner.
• Identify and originate new opportunities while expanding existing accounts through a deep understanding of client needs, priorities, and challenges.
• Own and manage the full lifecycle of the consulting sales process, including account planning, opportunity identification, qualification, solution development, SOW creation, and RFP responses.
• Partner with clients to influence strategic direction and identify opportunities where Slalom can help advance modernization, digital transformation, data and AI, technology, organizational effectiveness, and business transformation initiatives.
• Provide oversight and governance across sold and managed engagements, maintaining accountability for project quality, delivery outcomes, staffing, and overall account health.
• Collaborate across Slalom capabilities and teams to bring integrated solutions to Public Sector clients.
• Maintain awareness of evolving Public Sector priorities, trends, procurement environments, and industry best practices.
• Provide thought leadership and help shape Slalom's Public & Social Impact strategy, offerings, and go-to-market approach across the Ohio Valley.

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years of relevant Public Sector experience, either within state/local government or education, or within a consulting organization serving these clients.
• Demonstrated success building and growing a $5M+ book of business, including a proven ability to achieve or exceed sales and revenue targets.
• Strong experience originating consulting opportunities and navigating the Public Sector sales and procurement lifecycle, including RFP-driven opportunities.
• Established relationships and credibility with state/local government and/or education leaders within Ohio and the broader Ohio Valley region.
• Experience building trusted relationships with C-suite executives, agency leaders, technology leaders, and senior government and education decision-makers.
• Strong understanding of the challenges facing Public Sector organizations and how capabilities such as technology modernization, cloud, data and AI, digital experience, organizational effectiveness, strategy, and business advisory services can help address them.
• Experience leading complex consulting engagements and providing executive-level oversight across delivery programs.
• Strong business and financial acumen, with experience managing revenue, profitability, pipeline, budgets, and project performance.
• A passion for the Public & Social Impact space and helping government and education organizations deliver better outcomes for the communities they serve.

About Us

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact.

What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That's why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that includemeaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range for Director is $180,000 to $240,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

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EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom shall also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of these selection processes. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact [e-mail] if you require accommodations during the interview process.

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